Paper box.



No. 829,563. PATENTED AUG. 28, 1906.

H. M. L. ANDERSON. PAPER BOX.

APPLICATION FILED I'ElB. 1905.

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PATENTED AUG. 28, 1906.

H. M. L. ANDERSON. PAPER BOX.

APPLICATION FILED IBBJJ. 1905.

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UNITED STATES HANS M. L. ANDERSON,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 28, 1906.

Application filed February 9,1905- Scrial No. 244,912.

To (all whom, it rmtg concern.-

Be it known that I, IIANS M. II. ANDER SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and. State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Paper Box, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to paper boxes, and more particularly to that class thereof known as folding or knock down boxes, which are usually sold in blank form and are set up into box form when they are to be filled.

The object of my invention is to provide a box of this type which shall be exceedingly strong and durable at the ends and front edges, inasmuch as said points are called upon to stand the greater strains.

Another object is to provide a box which will be as nearly airtight and water-tight as it is possible to make a folding paper box; and a still further object is to provide a box which can be opened and closed again at either end without disturbing the otherlocking features of the box or the adhesive strip.

With these and certain other objects 1n view my invention consists in the details of construction hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank form in which the box is made. Fig. 2 is a. perspective view of the box set u and sealed, the adhesive strip being partiall detached. Fig. 3 is a perspective view s owing one end of the box opened. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the blank partially olded to form the box, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the box completely opened.

In constructing the folding paper box in accordance with my invention I employ an essentially rectangular-shaped blank having oppositely-disposed projecting portions A A, which form the covering-flaps when the box is set up. The blank is also provided with projections B B at the opposite ends of one side, and these rojections are made with integral tongues B B at the ends, which serve to lock the ends of the box when set up. The blank is crossed by parallel transverse scoring-lines 1 1 and the parallel longitudinal scoring-lines 2 2, and the blank is notched also, as at 3 3, thereby dividing the flaps C C of the cover D, said cover having an edge I flap E, marked off by the scoring-line 4, and i the cover-flaps C, having integral tongues I F, marked off by the line 5 5, and which also serve as locks for the ends of the box. The scoring-lines 1 1 and 2 2 subdivide the blank 1 into the cover I), back G, bottom I1, front ends K, and the corner-overlaps L 11,, said overlaps being set up and locked.

N indicates a narrow flap arranged upon the edge of the front I.

In order to set up the box and lock the same after being filled, the overlaps Ii 11 are first folded upon the lines 6 6, and then the I laps B B are folded over the folded overlaps, bringing the front I and ends K K into position, and the box can then be filled with the material it is intended to hold. The end flaps A are then folded in over the contents. The back is then brought up, and the other portions 11 are folded upon their lines 6. The cover D is then folded over and its flap E is turned down into the box upon the inner side of the front I. The cover-flaps (l are turned down over the ends K, and then the front overlap L, carrying the flap B, is folded against this flap C. The pointed end of the rear overlap is then inserted in the fold or pocket of the front overlap, and the ends are thereby locked, and then the integral tongues B and F are turned up, looking the flaps B and C in the folded end. An adhesive strip M, carried by the cover I), is then sealed over package is complete, and the contents will be kept free for an indefinite period, as the package is practically air and dust proof.

A package constructed as herein shown and described is particularly adapted for holding crackers, cakes, confections, and the like.

To open the box at one end, first turn back the integral tonnes and withdraw the rear folded overlaps rom the pocket of the front overlap. The front overlap is then turned out and its flap straightened out. The coverfiap is then turned back and the end flap A withdrawn and the .end straightened out. Access can then be had to the box without breaking the seal at the front edge, and the end can be securely closed again in case only part of the contents is removed. To completely open the box, the seal M is broken and the flaps separated and unfolded, as shown in Fig. 5.

Having thus fully described my invention,

the forward edge of the folded box, and the what I claim as new, and desire to secure by tongues carried by said front flaps, a narrow Letters Patent, is flap carried by the front ieee, an edge flap 10 A paper box comprising baek, front, botcarried by the cover, and an adhesive strip tom, cover and. end pieces, flaps carried by l carried by the last-mentioned flap.

5 the end pieces and by the cover, tongues on HANS M. L. ANDERSON.

the cover-flaps, overlaps connecting the Witnesses: ends and back, and ends and. front, respee- OsWALD E. GIBSON,

tively, flaps carried by the front overlaps, W. J. GLAssER. 

